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Publication Information

PubMed ID
Public Release Type
Journal
Publication Year
2004
Affiliation
Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Healthcare System and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112, USA. alfred.cheung@hsc.utah.edu
Authors
Berkoben M, Cheung AK, HEMO Study Group, Heyka R, Kaufman A, Levey AS, Lewis J, Ornt D, Rocco M, Sarnak MJ, Toto R, Windus D, Yan G
Studies
Citation
Cheung AK, Sarnak MJ, Yan G, Berkoben M, Heyka R, Kaufman A, Lewis J, Rocco M, Toto R, Windus D, Ornt D, Levey AS, HEMO Study Group. Cardiac diseases in maintenance hemodialysis patients: results of the HEMO Study. Kidney Int 2004 Jun;65(6):2380-9.

Abstract

Cardiac disease is a common cause of death in chronic hemodialysis patients. A subanalysis of the data on cardiac diseases in the Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study was performed. The specific objectives were: (1) to analyze the prevalence of cardiac disease at baseline; (2) to characterize the incidence of various types of cardiac events during follow-up; (3) to examine the association of cardiac events during follow-up with baseline cardiac diseases; and (4) to examine the effect of dose and flux interventions on various types of cardiac events.